abnimals - MBMBAM animation

WAADDUP TRAV NATION, ANY ABNIMALS IN THE HOUSE?????
audio from MBMBAM 643: Wet Out of 100
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programs used: photoshop, OpenToonz, iMovie

[@pueblos0revolucion]

Me at every party, sending beer flying everywhere as I gesture wildly: “I don’t think you understand. They have *muscles* where the muscles *shouldn’t* go.”

[@shockofthenew]

The imagery of strung-out academic / misunderstood genius Travis throwing the papers and kneeling in awe at his own realisation about animals with abs in 90s popular culture is so, so choice.

[@veshengri]

This is pure and true.

[@DimT670]

The funniest part is most of the characters he mentions have no abs

[@Bluecho4]

It's a miracle of animation, too. Goddamn, that shot had to take a lot of work.

[@douglascoonfield2525]

⁠@@DimT670which ones don’t? Street sharks, battle toads, biker mice, all pretty abbed up. I don’t think Mighty Ducks or WWCOWBOMM all wear shirts that don’t show abs, I think, but they could be in there.

[@Phriedah]

it goes so hard and I'm here for it instead of studying for midterms

[@keremmadran]

1:33 Justin's "... his brain does not function like many other popular brains you might be aware of" is my go-to description of neurodiversity from now on.

[@seanmorgan1759]

It's not like the brains you see on TV or popular commercials, obviously. A _bespoke_ brain.

[@GiddyGarlos]

Same 😂

[@QuikVidGuy]

@@seanmorgan1759 an indie brain

[@HouseFullaFrogs]

I'm so glad this is taking place both at MIT and Harvard simultaneously

[@startush]

hehe just like the movie 21

[@rynwrd]

@@startush lol, and the interior classroom scenes were shot at Boston University, across the river

[@corneliusdwyer1824]

That pan across the projector with the beam pointing at us... that was genuinely incredible. My jaw dropped.

[@MsDianagentaToYou]

Yes! And the rendering of the film! Heck, even the idea to use film for that dialogue. Wonderful.

[@LadyMossdown]

I went right to the comments to see if others appreciated that masterpiece

[@andyk5467]

yes!!! its gorgeous!

[@abbywolffe4114]

This really captures the absolute ADHD chaos god Travis is

[@strangeacelegume]

So real, and also he’s me fr fr

[@vee8101]

Travis understands us

[@gnarwhale]

@@vee8101 Thank Travis for Travis.

[@boowind4432]

Not the infamous Zootopia comic on one of the floating pages 😂

[@justkelly2]

Damn, good eye!

[@startush]

as a researcher and a highly distinguished professor it’s important that Travis considers ALL the ramifications of the abnimals craze

[@YorkJonhson]

The dramatic imagery of him leaving the campus and casting his work into the wind like fallen snow is perfect. Hahah

[@anavnaj]

She did it. And it's every bit as good as we could've hoped for.

[@startush]

😊 thank you anavnaj!!

[@Skyhigh91100]

The microexpressions in this are unfathomably good. Just, holy shit, how did you seamlessly turn this audio into an epic tale of a tortured genius?

[@startush]

i was so excited to add microexpressions!! thank you for noticing! i think i learned the concept from an episode of “lie to me” or even the Mentalist and the idea never left me

[@Squarehead9364]

Justin's pointed look at Griffin on their way out of the lecture hall is giving me life

[@ManyMonstersMedia]

Them following Travis out of the lecture 😂😂😂

[@50stressballs58]

From now on i will be referring to my ADHD almost exclusively as “my brain does not function like many other popular brains you might be aware of”

[@bmckelvy5717]

You’ve really elevated the source material with the academic setting

[@abj6920]

This is legitimately breathtaking. Your brain doesn't function like a lot of popular brain I might be familiar with, because I couldn't get inspiration like this from abnimals

[@rebeccaleich619]

Incredible stuff love the idea of Travis as a haunted academic studying the dark mysterious of 90s animals with abs cartoons

[@simpleshapes8113]

I love how you depicted Travis getting frustrated by lack of understanding, packing all of his reference material hastily into his briefcase, throwing on his overcoat, and Storming out of the building. Only to be tempted to passionately dive into discussing his hyper-fixation throwing all his research into the wind in a dramatic epiphany moment. What a genuine masterpiece

[@Shugamri]

I appreciate how much the style of the animation brings to mind Hergé's Tintin series, it makes the contrast to ANIMALS WITH ABS stand out even more

[@magpie1466]

MIserere mei. In a meme animation. Love it. Can't stand it. Love it. (Also the story you created visa context in the animation shows absolutely OUTSTANDING sensibility for story through animation!)

[@jaijais]

you are already one of my fav mbmbam animators but you’ve thoroughly outdone yourself here!! incredible job!!

[@varsoonhks3211]

This was a religious experience

[@moongod5013]

I don’t know how you managed to capture Travis’ ADHD gremlin energy in those facial expressions but you nailed it

[@startush]

it’s the empathizing ✊😔

[@quertie420]

i love your ability to use frames for the animatic and like... real time tracking(????) for the film projection and griffin looking at the film. it's incredible and i don't think i've seen it done before

[@quertie420]

also how it has the same effects that film would (travis going out of focus is a big one) it SOOO real

[@startush]

thanks! i incorporate some SFX tricks picked up from watching Captain Disillusion and lighting/layering effects OpenToonz has FOR FREE!!!

[@alushandatramp]

Man, the lip sync at 0:15 was so smooth that I had accidently unplugged my headphones while watching this and could still hear Travis saying "abnimals" by reading his lips.

[@BucklingSwashes]

This is the best tribute to Travis' mind I've ever laid eyes on. I hope he sees this soon!

[@RileyBruh]

you are just... by far the best mbmbam animatic creator. and yall know dbi and geo kick so much ass but like. even if you weren't already a great animator, your creative decisions in all of your videos are just so powerful, ive never seen someone run with source material so hard like this

[@peytonwarren1936]

that paper shot at the end was extremely impressive. the projector bit too. you sure you're not the second coming of don bluth?

[@theheathen42]

I am absolutely speechless! this is such a stunning animation - and also one of my fave recent bits by the boys. This is so glorious that I can foresee myself watching it a hundred more times (this week)

[@iamalittler]

This looks so great! Especially him putting on the coat. And the papers falling around him. And everything!

[@DataRew]

I am on my 7th (and not last) time though this for the first time starting watching it... While listening to the original bit, I was in stitches, but your animation/animatic style and the homages smattered through just add so fucking much to an already all-time hilarious bit for me that I can't stop myself. Fucking BRAV-O! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Quisters]

This is so goddamn well done 😭😭

[@eataneraser]

Incredible storyboarding demonstrated for this shitpost, I am seeing and admiring your craft

[@RedSoul001]

I suggest you make a playlist of all your mbmbam animations so that we binge them all and get those view counts up. A win win for both of us.

[@anyanomous]

oh my gosh this is AMAZING animation!!! i came for silly mbmbam but i couldnt even focus on their words i was just too focused on admiring the art!!! fantastic work

[@potaytes1600]

Literally the best thing I could’ve woken up to

[@Cryptamen]

travis is TRULY my philosopher. He can see into my mind

[@Spectrarian]

THIS IS FANTASTICALLY ANIMATED HOLY SHIT. Finally a travis-centric animation!!!!!!

[@saxmaverick]

It blows my mind that the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott is named after a moo mesa character

[@corinnebrunson]

Not me procrastinating getting ready for class and then being hot over the head with the boys superimposed on my campus

[@PValor]

Amazing! So proud to be a citizen of TravNation

[@octohunter7775]

Oh, you finally finished it! I saw this one in an "incomplete animations" compilation you posted a while ago. Glad to see it in it's full glory!

[@mattiascrowe2549]

Knowing you give a big smooch to your patrons unironically triggered a twinge of jealousy in my soul and now I have to sit down and unpack that

[@freetalkn657]

❤ INCREDIBLE ❤ Your animation is BEAUTIFUL!

[@Namisar]

YES! Been praying you would do more. Love your style. Very appropriate for the McElboys

[@startush]

thanks Namisar! i always have one or two videos percolating but it just takes me for fucking ever to finish them :S

[@vanillacapricorn]

Obsessed with the fact you put them literally in the Harvard yard.

[@microondasdelsur]

This is, of course, excellent.

[@evah4431]

This is incredible! The idea of him walking out as a professor was perfect

[@richie-3485]

"i'm not on trial here" really got me for some reason.

[@gormauslander]

Babe, wake up...new startush just dropped

[@madisonmcallister4835]

I subscribed solely for the beautiful bit with the falling leaves of paper at the end. So ethereal

[@juicetuber]

this is exactly how it feels to have a hyperfixation i love it

[@kittyshippercavegirl]

having a brain that does not function like many popular brains you might be aware of is my life

[@parkerprice6787]

it is rare that i see an animatic that is this genuinely compelling as visual art, and not just an addition to a fun audio. you earned this subscriber :)

[@morganic-chemist]

jdfgkjdhfkjshfs the miserere coming in at the end absolutely sniped me, i'm dying over here, you're a genius

[@falwyn]

THIS ANIMATION IS EVERYTHING I can't express how much I love it

[@prydainian3565]

2:04 GHJDFHD THE ONE PANEL OF THE ZOOTOPIA ARBYS/ABORTION COMIC

[@MaskofFayt]

The funniest thing is he's 100% right about the abnimals, every cartoon I watched as a kid (and even the power rangers, for some reason they adjusted the sentai suits to give them abs for the movies) are just X with Abs and 90's teen 'attitude' (read: mall shopping, pizza and roller skates)

[@stillwrendering]

Everything about this is so choice oh my god the way they leave the building killed me

[@pokemnstar]

absolutely obsessed with how you depicted this bit. perfection. chefs kiss.

[@makeitthrough_]

This seeps atmosphere out of every pore, goddamn dude

[@henryschaffer7866]

Absolutely insane animation in the best way, 11/10

[@lazynoodle6739]

Wow you are such a talented animator. The use of space, creating the scenes out of the silly audio, the sheer creativity to turn abnimals bit into a college proffesor on the brink of either duscovery or madness. Wow, just really impressive

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

We still haven't gotten that Street Sharks segment he hinted at during this one. As a former rabid Street Sharks fan, I'd love hearing the brothers talk about it even if it's just to make fun of it lol

[@Mcwollybob]

Your editing and special effects for both this video and your latest video are incredible. The amount of talent is so surreal because it's combined with a simple art style one would use for an animatic, and yet you've done all of these special effects and such that feel purposeful and based on a lot of animation/film knowledge.

[@hollowbasket]

why is the composition of every shot so good.. it's just a mbmbam animation.. and it's so good..

[@startush]

thank you, i tried very hard ;]

[@hollowbasket]

@@startush I can tell!! Are you making more?

[@startush]

@@hollowbasket yeah! i hope to have the "tight two" intro from ep 265 finished in a month or so 😙

[@analoren4745]

THERE'S JUST A WHOLE BOOK OF DEVO

[@loadescape1890]

i have never more quickly thought "Wow this is my new fav mbmbam animation ever"

[@DaMaLoJo]

Honest. Insightful. Gripping.

[@wilhelmeniabilliedoherty5917]

Absolutely amazing

[@jayceepenny]

I was not prepared for this to be so beautifully animated. Amazing work!

[@makealittlehistory]

this is so impressive bc it was already a hilarious bit and this animation made it somehow funnier?

[@aristat]

This is so insanely well-animated. I'm having the time of my life, frankly

[@aristat]

Yes, I DID loop this 7 times at once, how did you know?

[@TheDastardlyV]

This video made me less ashamed of the beauty I find in my hyperfixations

[@donniedorko3336]

thunderous shrieking applause

[@leopoldbloom4296]

holy shit I didn't know there was a finished version of this; it's absolutely glorious

[@LupaPuella]

This is, unequivocally, one of my favorite interpretations of a MBMBaM clips I've ever seen. So well done!

[@eldabys]

this is so genuinely incredible

[@sydneygorelick7484]

Oh shit, this is the finished version of the one from the unfinished bit video! I thought I recognized the first part of it, I was surprised that it's so new, but turns out parts of it aren't new to me, since I saw the other video!

[@jmrsdn6907]

This is the most beautiful Mbmbam animation out there

[@lambsun9347]

Abnimals will always be a favorite no matter what, but pairing it with the beautiful mind references is just 👩🏻‍🍳💋

[@Romanticoutlaw]

jaw-dropping work, my god. I've never related to travis more in my life either

[@Quisters]

This video is my new Roman Empire

[@ezekielmartin4323]

Okay but why is this FUCKING GORGEOUS??? Especially the last shot like god DAMN.

[@cariswilliams5808]

I did not know I needed Professor Travis in my life

[@auxin903]

okay everything about this is so high quality and high concept (more so than just an animatic where its a vague space with simple shapes) ... but like can we talk about how the part where Griffin holds up the tape reels to look at the images of the cartoon?? Thats the part that made me go "WOW. this took a LOT of time"

[@jabisdumb]

“Brain does not function like many other popular brains you might be aware of” is an incredible description. Gonna use that.

[@dumatki]

God all your animations bring me such joy they're so fun to watch, the body movement is so GOOD

[@anemonemilyyy]

ANOTHER BANGER BY STARTUSH, BY JOVE THEYVE DONE IT AGAIN

[@Kaggii]

ah yes we have it, the orientation video to enter trav nation, excellent work

[@Rkt206]

This is incredible. I hope the boys see it.

[@vper93]

The fact that the FIRST example Travis pulled out was so obscure that the other two brothers didn’t know about it confirms my point: there weren’t that many “abnimals” show in the 90s and Travis is a closet furry(?)

[@rainbowofdarknezz]

this is so beautifully done

[@unabatedbasher]

This at least makes the top 5 of all MBMBAM animations

[@StraveTube]

I'm so proud of my past self for subscribing to this channel.

[@rhiflux]

I'm so glad you finished this one, it is just *chefs kiss*

[@DondarfSnowbonk]

I appreciate that you used the audio of the chorister using helium from a balloon to sing at the end.

[@TLOEric]

I really love your style, just wanted to say, it's brilliant.

[@startush]

aww thank you!

[@slim_streams]

Love the atmosphere here. These three boys at college, could be students or young professors, just dicking around after class

[@helpyaboiout1211]

comments made me go back and pay attention to the actual animation itself beyond the bit, and damn, this is so fucking good. the different shots and the pan across the projector + the lighting was all super cool. this felt cinematic kinda bc it like. felt like a whole story. like good will hunting but abminals.

[@ellac613]

I ABSolutely (hehehe) love your style, and Travis' design in particular!